Pacer's night out ends in shooting

11:41 PM,
Dec. 9, 2007

Bullet holes on the driver side window of Jamaal Tinsley's car.

Written by

Mike Wells and Francesca Jarosz
mike.wells@indystar.com

Indiana Pacers team leaders Sunday admonished Jamaal Tinsley for being out at a time and place that put him in harm's way -- in the sights of someone wielding an assault rifle -- and said it's time for professional athletes to make "smarter" decisions.

Someone in a group of people fired on cars carrying Tinsely and his friends outside the Conrad hotel in Downtown Indianapolis early Sunday. Pacers equipment manager Joey Qatato was shot in both elbows.

Two of Tinsley's three vehicles were pocked with bullet holes and his brother, James Tinsley, apparently returned fire with a gun he carried ...